The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-21
Uneqaalled as q Place to Make 9
Home as Well as to do Bust
ness.
Exhaustless Natural Gas, Furnishing the
Cheapest Fuel in the World, and
Thus Offering
Unexcelsed Inducements for the Estab-
lishment of Manufactures - Read
What Is Written and Then Come
and See for Yourself That
the Half Has Not
been Told.

really nrst III importance Is TINS: lS 1t
pleasant place to live in? To this ques.
ton lola can return most emphatic
affirmative. In the first place it is a
pretty town. The streets are wide and
straight and nearly all of them are
bordered with handsome trees. There
are many large and elegant residences,
and hundreds of smaller homes which
the owners take pride in keeping neat
and tasty. Touching the town on the
southwest is the famous mineral well
with its park rapidly growing into a
thing of beauty. Less than mile away
10 the west and south is the fine natural
forest marking the course of the Neo-
sho river In the center, of the city is
the large public square, sodded with
blue grass and full of trees whose
,apid growth will soon give us a beauti-
full central park. Substantial business
blocks, splendid high school build
ing and commodious churches COM
plete a picture upon which the eye
loves to dwell.
But the mere outward features of our
city furnish by no means its only at
fractions as a place of residence. The
character of the people who make up
the population of a town, determines
largely its desirability as place fpr a
home; and this character can not he
better illustrated than by glance at
the institutions they support.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
lola is particularly proud of the high
character and superior excellence of
her public schools. In 1884 magnifi-
cent building, a fair representation of
which appears in these columns, was
erected at cost of ST., The
building contains ten rooms, is well
furnished, admirably arranged, heated
by hot air furnaces and is in every way
adapted to the use for which it is in
tended. Under the able management
of Prof. A. S. DIN, one of the leading
educators in the State (since called to
the chair of English and Didactics in
Ottawa Collegc). who conducted it for
four years, the school achieved q posi-
ton second to none in the Stat\. 1t is
carefully graded and its graduates pass
directly into the freshman class of the
State University, their diploma being
accepted as evidence that they are full
ly prepared for the work before them.
This is an honor accorded but few
schools in the State. The present
principal is Prof. +. H. Umholtz. who
is assisted by an able and enthusiastic
corps of ten teachers. The enrolment
of pupils at this date is 47O. and the
work is being carried on with the
same zeal and success that has always
characterized it. We would gladly
dwell on this inviting topic. but
enough has probably been said to give
assurance that no town in the State, of
whatever size, offers better advan tages
for acquiring thorough common
school education.
ShS hSh6S.
OF these lola has as many as can be
properly supported by the population.
The denominations having an organi-
cation here are the following:
Methodist.
Presbyterian.
Baptist.
Christian.
Reformed.
African Methodist.
African Baptist.
All of these, except the Reformed
Church, have buildings of their own,
the ediiiccs OF the first four named be-
ing of size and architecture that are
both crcditable and ornamental All
of these churches have Sunday schools,
prayer meetings and other religious
organizations among their members.
and all of them. with the exception OF
the African branches, have regularly
installed pastors. They are all viror.
Gus and wide awake. and in addition
to their regular work contribute much
to the social life of the town by fire.
quent concerts and other evening en-
tcrtainments. A directory giving
time and place of all religious meetings
viii be found on our last page.
CITY LIBRARY.
This is another of the institutions of !
which lola is particularly proud. The /
Library Association Was organized I'M H
der charter from the State a!,ou. \
three years ago. Stock was issued andIl
subscribed for by our citizens until a
sufficient fund was raised to make a |
beginning. Various entertainments |
have since been given from time |
to time for the benefit OF the |
library, and the proceeds ap-
piled in the purchase of new
books, until the association now has
nearly 200 volumes on It's shelves. The |
books have been judiciously selected,
the list being specially rich in biog-
raphy, history. poetry and the best |
fiction. The business of the associa-
non has been conducted from the first
by a board of directors made up en-
TREY of ladies, and their management
of its affairs has been above criticism. |
There are few towns the size of lola
that can boast even small circulate
ing library, and we therefore point
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